Body Initially Thought To Be Hostage Shiri Bibas Is Not Her, Sons’ Remains Positively Identified – One America News Network

February 20, 2025 Sophia Flores US 0

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on February 20, 2025 shows posters bearing the portraits of Israeli hostages Shiri Bibas (C) and her two children Ariel (L) and Kfir (R), held in the Gaza Strip since the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas militants, set up on a square outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, on January 21, 2025. Hamas is due to hand over the bodies of four hostages on February 20, including those of the Bibas family, who have become symbols of the hostage crisis that has gripped Israel since the Gaza war broke out. The transfer of the bodies is the first such handover of remains by Hamas since its October 7, 2023 attack on Israel triggered the war. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images) — (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on February 20, 2025 shows posters bearing the portraits of Israeli hostages Shiri Bibas (C) and her two children Ariel (L) and Kfir (R), held in the Gaza Strip since the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, set up on a square outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, on January 21, 2025. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

OAN Staff Sophia Flores
4:05 PM – Thursday, February 20, 2025

Following a forensic investigation, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that the body believed to be that of Shiri Bibas, a Hamas hostage, is not hers — nor the body of any other hostage taken by the Hamas.

Meanwhile, the remains of her two sons, the youngest victims kidnapped by the Islamist terrorist group, have in fact been positively identified.

Specialists at Abu Kabir, who identified the remains, noted that through its forensic evidence, Israel’s intelligence agency believes that the young children were “brutally murdered” by the terrorists in November 2023.

Shiri’s eldest son, Ariel, was only 4-years-old, while her other son, Kfir, was just 10-months-old at the time of their deaths.

“This is a very serious violation by the Hamas terrorist organization, which is required by the agreement to return four dead hostages,” says the IDF. “We demand that Hamas return Shiri home along with all of our hostages.”

“We share the deep sorrow of the Bibas family at this difficult time and will continue to make every effort to return Shiri and all the hostages home as soon as possible,” the IDF continued.

𝟗-𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐊𝐟𝐢𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝟒-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝟐 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝:

Following the completion of the identification process by the…

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